ID: 286616783 Can't upgrade database after update to current version

elainetay
Hello,

I recently updated my Zotero from 2.0b5 to 2.0b6 -- when the installation tried to update my database, it returned the following:

[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.remove]" nsresult: "0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/schema.js :: anonymous :: line 373" data: no]

Now zotero shows a yellow exclamation mark and 'database upgrade error'.

The files are on a server and I've checked if the .journal file is in the directory, but it isn't.


Error Console shows:

Error: requestOrigin is null
Source File: file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/220117B/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/idjod3tp.default/extensions/%7Bb2509cd4-17cd-45ed-8146-a82af038f493%7D/components/contentPolicy.js
Line: 20

Error: requestOrigin is null
Source File: file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/220117B/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/idjod3tp.default/extensions/%7Bb2509cd4-17cd-45ed-8146-a82af038f493%7D/components/contentPolicy.js
Line: 20

Error: Overwriting translator with same filename 'Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.js' in Zotero.Schema.updateBundledFiles()
Source File: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/schema.js
Line: 372

Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsIFile.remove]" nsresult: "0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/schema.js :: anonymous :: line 373" data: no]
Source File: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js
Line: 332

Error: requestOrigin is null
Source File: file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/220117B/Application%20Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/idjod3tp.default/extensions/%7Bb2509cd4-17cd-45ed-8146-a82af038f493%7D/components/contentPolicy.js
Line: 20

Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIObserverService.removeObserver]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsSessionStartup.js :: sss_onWindowOpened :: line 154" data: no]
Source File: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsSessionStartup.js
Line: 154
  • dstillman
    Well, you can try closing Firefox, deleting the 'styles' and 'translators' directories from your Zotero data directory, and trying again, but this would appear to indicate a more general problem interacting with your network filesystem from Firefox. The line returning the FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST error is within a conditional block that shouldn't execute unless the file in question does, in fact, exist. While this particular behavior shouldn't be too big of a problem for normal Zotero usage, it could be problematic during some upgrades.

    You might want to try upgrading to Firefox 3.5, in case fixes this bug.

    Also, if you receive a startup error after restarting Zotero, you may need to uninstall and reinstall Zotero to trigger the upgrade again.

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